The History of Middle-earth (chibi version) - Part 154 - Holy, holy, holy

I remember once seeing a trivia question, "Which of Tolkien's characters has physically touched a Silmaril?" There was some debate over whether Varda would have held them in her hands to hallow them, as shown here, or if she could have done it remotely.

Interestingly, in the earliest drafts of the Silmarillion it was Manwë who hallowed them and Varda who made the prophecy that in the published book Námo gives.

Part 154: Holy, holy, holy

Next time: Part 155

Chibis by tektek.org

Original story by and copyright to J R R Tolkien, ed. C Tolkien: Primarily based on the Silmarillion, but incorporating ideas from the 12-volume History of Middle Earth series.

The two unsolved questions are, did Fëanor let anyone else touch them, back in Valinor before he became jealous and possessive of them? And did Morgoth make his own Iron Crown, or did he have people to do that for him (Possibly Sauron, even, since he was a Maia of Aulë)?

Well, "land, sea and sky" are all major and easily-identified parts of the physical universe. The idea that 'fire' is also an element is more of a Classical Greek thing, and we know what Tolkien thought about the Greeks...